[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
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[S. 1467 Engrossed Amendment House (EAH)]


  2d Session

                                S. 1467

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                In the House of Representatives, U. S.,

                                                     September 4, 1996.

    Resolved, That the bill from the Senate (S. 1467) entitled ``An Act to 
authorize the construction of the Fort Peck Rural County Water Supply System, to 
authorize assistance to the Fort Peck Rural County Water District, Inc., a 
nonprofit corporation, for the planning, design, and construction of the water 
supply system, and for other purposes'', do pass with the following

                               AMENDMENT:

    Strike out all after the enacting clause, and insert:

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Fort Peck Rural County Water Supply 
System Act of 1996''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    For the purposes of this Act:
            (1) Construction.--The term ``construction'' means such 
        activities associated with the actual development or 
        construction of facilities as are initiated on execution of 
        contracts for construction.
            (2) District.--The term ``District'' means the Fort Peck 
        Rural County Water District, Inc., a nonprofit corporation in 
        Montana.
            (3) Feasibility study.--The term ``feasibility study'' 
        means the study entitled ``Final Engineering Report and 
        Alternative Evaluation for the Fort Peck Rural County Water 
        District'', dated September 1994.
            (4) Planning.--The term ``planning'' means activities such 
        as data collection, evaluation, design, and other associated 
        preconstruction activities required prior to the execution of 
        contracts for construction.
            (5) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.
            (6) Water supply system.--The term ``water supply system'' 
        means the Fort Peck Rural County Water Supply System, to be 
        established and operated substantially in accordance with the 
        feasibility study.

SEC. 3. FEDERAL ASSISTANCE FOR WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM.

    (a) In General.--Upon request of the District, the Secretary shall 
enter into a cooperative agreement with the District for the planning, 
design, and construction by the District of the water supply system. 
Title to this project shall remain in the name of the District.
    (b) Service Area.--The water supply system shall provide for safe 
and adequate rural water supplies under the jurisdiction of the 
District in Valley County, northeastern Montana (as described in the 
feasibility study).
    (c) Amount of Federal Contribution.--
            (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (3), under the 
        cooperative agreement, the Secretary shall pay the Federal 
        share of--
                    (A) costs associated with the planning, design, and 
                construction of the water supply system (as identified 
                in the feasibility study); and
                    (B) such sums as are necessary to defray increases 
                in the budget.
            (2) Federal share.--The Federal share referred to in 
        paragraph (1) shall be 75 percent and shall not be 
        reimbursable.
            (3) Total.--The amount of Federal funds made available 
        under the cooperative agreement shall not exceed the amount of 
        funds authorized to be appropriated under section 4.
            (4) Limitations.--Not more than 5 percent of the amount of 
        Federal funds made available to the Secretary under section 4 
        may be used by the Secretary for activities associated with--
                    (A) compliance with the National Environmental 
                Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.); and
                    (B) oversight of the planning, design, and 
                construction by the District of the water supply 
                system.

SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act 
$5,800,000. This authorization shall terminate after a period of 5 
complete fiscal years after the date of enactment of this Act unless 
the Congress has appropriated funds for the construction purposes of 
this Act. This authorization shall be extended 1 additional year if the 
Secretary has requested such appropriation. The funds authorized to be 
appropriated may be increased or decreased by such amounts as are 
justified by reason of ordinary fluctuations in development costs 
incurred after October 1, 1994, as indicated by engineering cost 
indices applicable to the type of construction project authorized under 
this Act. All costs which exceed the amounts authorized by this Act, 
including costs associated with the ongoing energy needs, operation, 
and maintenance of this project shall remain the responsibility of the 
District.

SEC. 5. CACHUMA PROJECT, BRADBURY DAM, CALIFORNIA.

    The prohibition against obligating funds for construction until 60 
days from the date that the Secretary of the Interior transmits a 
report to the Congress in accordance with section 5 of the Reclamation 
Safety of the Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978 (43 U.S.C. 509) is 
waived for the Cachuma Project, Bradbury Dam, California.
            Attest:

                                                                          Clerk.